Director – Gina Prince-Bythewood – 2022 – US – Cert. 15 – 135m **** The warrior women of Dahomey defend their people against capture by neighbouring nations for the white foreigners’ slave trade – plays as part of Art of Action, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography at cinemas across […]
Director – Karim Ainouz – 2023 – UK – Cert. 15 – 121m ***** Henry VIII’s sixth wife Katherine Parr must navigate the increasingly treacherous waters between her desire for religious tolerance and Henry’s more authoritarian take on Christianity – out in UK cinemas on Friday, September 6th With her husband Henry VIII away fighting […]
Directed by Karim AinouzCertificate 15121 minutesReleased 6 September Reviewed for Reform magazine. History. The Tudors. King Henry VIII wanted a male heir to the throne. His first wife failed to deliver, so he divorced her. When the Pope excommunicated him, Henry set up the new, Protestant, Church of England. He kept marrying new wives who […]